About Palewaya Village

Palewaya is a small village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 146 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1459.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palewaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palewaya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	1459.23 hectares
Population	311
Male Population	146
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,130
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palewaya compares

By the 2011 count Palewaya is the 71st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 1459.23 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

Getting to Palewaya

Palewaya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palewaya as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palewaya from other places

Palewaya lies about 38 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 22 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Palewaya
Tehsil headquarters	Bhairamgarh	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	22 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	37 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	38 km

Villages closest to Palewaya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhairamgarh tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Palewaya

As per the Census of India 2011, Palewaya village had a population of 311. That makes it the 71st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Palewaya village has 146 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palewaya has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Palewaya is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palewaya covers 1459.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palewaya falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palewaya is Kamalur, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palewaya.

Palewaya is about 38 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palewaya is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 6.3 km away. Kamalur is about 22 km away. Bacheli is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.